PREFACE 



This report is published to provide coastal engineers with 

 representative bathymetric profiles of the Inner Continental Shelf 

 along the Atlantic and gulf coasts of the United States. The work was 

 carried out under the Beach Evaluation Program (BEP) of the U.S. Army 

 Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC) . 



The report was prepared by Dr. Craig H. Everts, under the super- 

 vision of Dr. C.J. Galvin, Jr., Chief, Coastal Processes Branch, 

 Research Division. 



The author acknowledges the assistance of W.N. Seelig and E. Adams 

 who obtained most of the depth-distance values from charts. Mr. Seelig 

 also assisted in computer programing. R.J. Hallermeier, C.J. Galvin, Jr. 

 and M.P. O'Brien reviewed the manuscript and provided many valuable 

 suggestions for improvement. 



Comments on this publication are invited. 



Approved for publication in accordance with Public Law 166, 79th 

 Congress, approved 31 July 1945, as supplemented by Public Law 172, 88th 

 Congress, approved 7 November 1963. 



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JOHN H. COUSINS 



Colonel, Corps of Engineers 



Commander and Director 



